I lied to you

Guess who has wifi??  So I lied.  My next post isn’t details on the marathon.  We have had so much fun already!!  My morning started off crappy with this…

When I bought my car that total used to be $25.  WTFnF??  Then work was horrible.  But then Jamie picked me up and we headed to Salt Lake!!  We picked up our bibs and I got a souvenir.

And some oil to make my face shiny.  It’s stylish, I promise.  Then we checked into our super romantic suite at the Anniversary Inn, where I lost the keys and locked us out in the first half hour.  I’m basically four.

Can you spot the bathroom?  If not, Jamie can help you out.

I like to treat my lady right.  Did you notice the “champagne?”  I better get lucky.  Any by lucky I mean a sub four marathon.  Pizza was a must.

And guess what came with the room…

If you guessed heaven cheesecake and a ridiculous smile, you guessed right.  Congratulations.  I’m pretty sure that’s NOT winning.  Sorry, Charlie Sheen.

Bright and early.  I lose my marathon virginity.  Hips feeling good.  Wish me luck!!

ready

I’m just finishing up packing my bag.  Just the last few things I needed this morning to get ready.  I’m off work at 3:30 and Miss Jamie is picking me up at 4:00!  All that’s left is to run this thing!!  My next post will be details on the run… get excited!!  You know, if I survive.

The husband and I don’t spend many nights apart, so it’s a little bittersweet.  I wish he were coming too.  He’ll be home babysitting our kids dogs, and dreading work tomorrow.

Have a FABULOUS weekend!!  Send me positive vibes between 7 and 11 am tomorrow.  Thanks!!

How did your first race go??

Lucy

Hop on over HERE and read this little girl’s story.  She needs all the prayers she can get.  I cry every day as I read it… you were warned.  I wish I could give her a big hug, but since I can’t we sent her a little buddy to cheer her up.

Not like she needs it.  It takes an amazing little girl to smile through radiation.  I love her!

I don’t know if I am being tested to see how bad I really want to run this race, but this is just getting ridiculous.  First my hip, then this morning I had to stop at the store and get cranberry juice.  Ladies, you know.  I forgot a cup so I’m drinking it Juno style.

I’m doing this.  I haven’t been the most confident lately, but the voice inside my head is being my cheerleader today.  I WILL finish.  No backing out now.

My Garmin came last night.  I think I am in love.  Josh and I just took it for a test run.  Er… test walk.  It’s what training called for.  Two miles of walking.  Which completes my training.

I was so worried it’d be HUGE on my wrist, but it really isn’t bad at all.  I love it!!

Speaking of muttheads, guess who slimed my running capris?  I didn’t want to wash them before the marathon, but I had no choice.  Slobber is NASTY.  She is worse than a child.

I really like to count things down.  1 day 4 hours 28 minutes 45 seconds.

My aunt Paula just called.  She just got her test results… FIVE YEARS CANCER FREEEEE!!  Hell yes!  To celebrate her two-year I got this…

I’m not really sure how to top that for the five-year.  I promise I wash my feet sometimes… I wore black socks today.

a new reason for running

Last night I got home and my husband had made shrimp alfredo.  This is my first carb load week, and I gotta say… It ROCKS!!  I would run marathons just for a carb load week.

I guess if I want this to be my running blog I should be a bit better about posting my work outs.  But sweaty pictures work just as well, right?  Monday I ran three slow, easy miles outside.  32:11.  Jamie even came with me!  Her knee started to hurt towards the end, but it went pretty well.  When we got home Josh was waiting on us to go get pizza so I hopped in the shower and we took off.  In my rush I somehow forgot to foam roll and now I feel like death.  My hip is killing me.  I got up and went to the gym before work to do my last run before the big day.  I made it .27 miles before I had to stop and bike.  6.6 miles in 25:00.  This is such bad news.  I don’t know if I’ll be running Saturday.  I foam rolled like a crazy person and it loosened up a lot, so hopefully it will be good to go on Saturday.  Is it weird if I bring my foam roller and roll out in front of all those people at the finish line??  From now ’til then these little guys are my new best friends…

Now all I can think of is, “Roll out!  Go my twin Glock, .40s, cocked back!”  Ah Luda.

By the way, UnderArmour shorts suck.  Big time.  In the two minutes I ran I had to step off twice to pull them down.  Lesson learned.  Any recommendations for some spandex shorts that don’t ride?  Nobody looks good with a wedgie.

marathon in Vibrams

We spent all day Sunday at the gun show.  It was so much fun and we saw a lot of really cool stuff!  Second one this year.  Yeah baby!

Guess whose fabulous husband just ordered their birthday gift?  This girl!

It will even be here in time to use for my first marathon on Saturday!!  No more worrying about pacing myself well, which is awesome because all my other worries have made we wanna hurl for the last week.

Anyone ever ran a marathon in Vibrams?  I will be doing it in five days.  I’m pretty excited.  I really love them, but I keep hearing that I am nuts.  I hope I don’t prove everybody right and have a leg fall off.

Yesterday a guy I work with walked up to me and asked if I was running Top of Utah Marathon.  I told him I wanted to, but didn’t know if I was yet.  He asked me if I’d run it for him if he sponsored me.  I had no clue what he meant, so I replied in a very classy way.  “Huh??”  He told me if I will wear his logo across my chest and head band he’d pay my entry fee.  Um, hell yeah I’ll run a free marathon.  I couldn’t care less what my chest says.  Um guys, did you guys know you could do this?  It’s purely genius.  My husband complains about the cost and says it’s stupid to PAY to run.  Problem solved baby.  I do what I can.  He is suddenly pretty paranoid about Saturday and keeps asking me to either not do it or only do the half.  It’s really helping with my anxiety.  He’s so cute when he worries about me.

spring is in the air. so is snow.

It has been snowing since Thursday here.  I think Mother Nature likes to mess with us.  I hate being cold but I couldn’t imagine living anywhere besides Utah.  I love our four crazy seasons.  Since it’s technically Spring I decided to get on my Spring Cleanin’.  Especially since once I start the next round of school nothing will get cleaned until I am done.  I have time to make messes, not fix them.  Maybe when I’m all done all give you a tour of my house!  Leave me a comment with a tour of yours!!

Everybody washes their fake plants in their shower, right?  I actually like cleaning.  I love sitting down in a nice clean house.  I used to be a clean freak, and then school started and I don’t even know what happened to that girl.

My baby sister turns five on Monday!!

We had her party today.  I swear she was just born yesterday.

Do you like cleaning?  I guess I don’t like the actual cleaning, but the clean house is worth it.

How many siblings do you have?  I have four sisters: 22, 19, 16, and 5.  And one brother, 16.  And they are all taller than me.  Except the five-year old.  But she is already up to my belly button.

jibbity cocky

Did you know that “heighth” is NOT a word?  I was not aware.  My mom text me yesterday and asked me how to spell it, so I googled it.  I guess people add the “th” because it flows better with “width.”  Who knew?  So I text her back and told her it wasn’t even a word and that she was a moron for not knowing.  I’m supposed to be “the smart one” so I couldn’t really tell her I thought it was a word too.  At least not for a few minutes.  “Googled” is a word though right?

I’m in a bad mood today.  I don’t even really know why, but I am.  When a guy pointed to my pants and told me I had a hole in my jeans (like he does EVERY day) keeping the sarcasm in was too much to handle.  I didn’t even feel bad when he gave me a hurt puppy look because I told him he was very observant and original.

Maybe I’m in a bad mood because I got screwed yesterday.  Not in the fun-put-you-in-a-great-mood way, but in the i-think-i-am-going-to-choke-somebody way.  Long story short, I walked into the eye doctor being told that my exam, glasses and contacts would be around $200.  I left with the knowledge my vision has gotten doubly bad in the last two years, my eyes are so mis-shaped I have to wear specialty lenses that are uncomfortable, and spent almost $600.  Faaaaantastic.

Or maybe it’s because my leg hurts like hell today.  I got out of bed to run and my knee felt like I got kicked in it.  Awesome.  On the bright side I just discovered a new social network.  Yeah, I am late to the party, but I just found out about Daily Mile and I kind of love it.

Dear Mother Nature, I promise not to stay mad at you for the three inches of snow we got yesterday if you promise to warm things up a bit for next Saturday.  It rained so much yesterday that our shipping docks at work filled.  I guess the drains were clogged because instead of a five foot ramp we have a five foot swimming pool.  I really wish I could show you, but taking pictures anywhere on the premises means getting fired.  Something about working somewhere where top-secret government missiles are built.  Whateva.

I’m not sure why kids scare me so much.  That’s a lie, I do and I will probably never be a mother.  But my nephew is so awesome.  For about six months my nephew kept talking about the “jibbity cocky.”  We had NO idea what he was talking about.  For months.  Finally one day he asked to watch Avatar and my mom told him no because there was a game on but he could watch it later.  He told her to just put the jibbity cocky in the computer for him.  Jibbity cocky=digital copy.  Hilarious.  The other day a commercial came on for the Lion King and my mom told Kelton “We have to watch that.  It’s my favorite!”  In a very annoyed voice Kel said, “Ooooookaaaay.  But we only have it on one of those black rectangle things.”  Aka: VHS.  Imagine the days when he is a teenager and it’s just too much for him to comprehend that at one time cell phones didn’t live in everybody’s pocket.

feelin’ good

Guess who got up at the buttcrack of dawn (aka 4:30 am) and went to the gym?  This girl.  And I RAN!!  It felt sooo good!  First time in three weeks.  I only did a mile, but I did it without pain.  If I can go the whole day without pain again I’ll try for three miles in the morning.  I am very happy today!  Yesterday Jamie and I talked for a couple of hours and made plans for next Friday.  I added all the places I need to go into my TomTom so we can pick up our bibs, find our hotel and pig out.  I compared maps to see how hard it’s going to be to get to the start from our hotel with roads closed, I looked up elevation maps, course maps, and my bib number.  848.  I know what you’re thinking… it has good flow.  That’s what Jamie said too.  I don’t know if it was the excitement from research, but I am obsessive excited again!  I feel pretty confident.  I can do this!!  I am going to have butterflies for the next week.  Mother Nature just might be my best friend.  Today is the first day that the 16th is included in the 10 day forecast and the weather man is saying 60.  That’s kind of a big deal for April in Utah.  Last year it was snowing on June 10 as we got on the plane for our wedding.

By the way, meet Jamie.

She is amazing.  She is a fitness fanatic, and you can definitely tell.  She has an awesome body!  I say that in a friendly, nonsexual, uncreepy way.  That’s why I am taking her to an Anniversary Inn and telling the person that checks us in that we are newlyweds.  Muah ha ha ha.  It’s fun that she gets embarrassed so easy.  Anyway, she hated running.  I talked her into doing this marathon with me.  We stuck to the same training plan together and she improved so fast.  We got up to 14 miles and she got injured.  The doctor says she needs surgery but she is trying home remedies first.  So my marathon buddy is my cheerleader, and she doesn’t think she’ll ever be able to run distance again, but she is still going to be there, she is still supporting me, and this is why I love her.  Well that, and she just bought me some WarHead gummies.

I should also mention that my husband is awesome and actually very supportive.  He thinks running is stupid, and I might punch him if I hear, “That limp must be from all that healthy running you do” one more time.  Really, he is fabulous though!  He got me an iPod so that I don’t have to run the marathon without music.  He kicks me out of bed when the alarm goes off at 4:30.  And the reason he is working during my race is so he can take me to Wendover for my birthday.  I share my birthday with his brother, and it’s his year to pick what we do.  I have never been gambling before, and I think I’d rather gamble that money towards some running gear, but hopefully it will be a blast!  Maybe I’ll win enough money to retire.  You can win like a million dollars on penny slots, right?

butt sweat

“That’s a lot of butt sweat” was the first thing my husband said when I got home from the gym yesterday.  It must be because we are still in the newlywed stage… all romantic and shy.  It’s sweet, really.  And then to be even more awesome I ruined his birthday surprise.  I have been planning it for over a year… a trip to Chicago to watch the Bears play this fall.  But the football season may be cancelled, thanks to the strike so my back up plan was LASIK.  Then I had a bunch of people tell me they’d prefer LASIK and that is a lot of money to spend on something before knowing which he’d prefer, so I had to ask him.  Turns out I know my husband better than all those suckers… football baby!!  Looks like we are going to Chicago this year.  I have this goal to run in every state, so I was pretty pumped and then last night Josh told me I’m not allowed to run there because it has high crime rates.  I wonder if my pistol will fit in my SPI belt…  Speaking of birthdays mine is in a few weeks and my lover is getting me something I’ve been DYING to get…

I looooove this thing!  It is so cool!  And Amazon has them for about half of what everybody else sells them for.  I love love love Amazon.  I’m pretty sure I pay somebody’s salary at that place.  We are all about the surprises in this marriage.  Another surprise was when he told me that he is choosing to work overtime Friday and Saturday for the next two weekends.  Translation: I will not be coming to your marathon because I am going to work, I know it’s your first and it means a lot to you, but you’re a big girl and you’ll get over it.

I got sick of feeling sorry for myself so I got my butt up and hit the gym.  Bike for 45 minutes, 14.14 miles.  Pain free, it was easy so my endurance isn’t doing too bad, and I am feeling a lot more positive!!  And guess what… NO PAIN!  I foam rolled and iced all night.  Even today my knee feels awesome and my hip is just a little sore.  I might try running in the morning!  I’m not much of a crazy runner right now, but I will be soon!!  I decided to go with Crazy Runner because I guess that is what everybody at the gym calls me… crazy runner girl.  One day I noticed in the mirror some ladies pointing at me and talking.  Later that day I found out I worked with one of them when she walked up to me and asked, “Are you that crazy runner girl??”  Huh?  She told me they all watch me run and think I’m crazy, so that’s what they all call me.  Is my crazy really that obvious??  I thought I hid it pretty well.

I have been going a little majorly overboard on candy the last couple of weeks.  I probably use it as a crutch to deal with not being able to run.  And then I wonder why I am not losing weight because I am basically a genius.  I decided this morning to skip sweets until my birthday in 24 days.  I met my sister for lunch and ate the salad my husband packed.  Yeah, my husband packs my lunch.  I am four.  I didn’t even get cheese munchers, which is saying a lot because I LOVE gas station food.  I got back to work, and this is what I found sitting on top of my low calorie salad dressing.

I didn’t eat it.  But it’s staring at me.

I hope my husband is lying to me about working next weekend to surprise me at the finish line.  Not because it seems likely, but because on top of hiding the crazy inside me, I also like to hide the whiner who lives in here too.

wet shoes

I’m being extra whiney today, and I think it’s because my shoes are wet.  I picked up my water bottle by the lid this morning that I apparently didn’t screw on because I was left with the lid in my hand and the water pouring on my shoes.  Wet shoes aren’t that big of a deal.  I’ve dealt with wet shoes for days at a time during the hunt.  But last time my shoes were wet was my 14 miler in the rain.  I got home with soaking wet Vibrams and a smile on my face.  And that is all I have thought about all day long.

This injury is really starting to piss me off.  It starts to get so much better, I get excited, then it starts to hurt again.  Tease.  I’m wearing my knee brace for the first time since I started running in Vibrams.  I’m sitting at my desk where it’s 20 degrees with an ice pack on my knee.  All I can think about is my race is in a week and a half, and I haven’t ran for two and a half.  I felt so good, so confident, so prepared.  And now all I feel is scared.  I am going to bike after work.  I am going to stretch, ice and foam roll all night, every night for the next week and a half, even when it starts feeling better.  I just want to get one pain free run in before the race.  I don’t care if it’s one mile or five.  I won’t be picky.  But I need one little boost of confidence, just so I remember that I really can do this.

Check back tomorrow… I’ll tell you how I ruined my husband’s birthday surprise 🙂